Bookswap! Pride Edition

June 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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June is for Pride! So this month, we’re asking you to bring, like, the queerest book you love. Maybe you love a lesbian road trip mystery, or a peachy bisexual love story set somewhere in Northern Italy, or a memoir from your favorite trans rockstar: bring on all the gay books! All of them.

And if that isn’t your cup of tea, bring any book you love and want other people to love. Mostly, Bookswap is a social event, so bring a book and a friend, enjoy a premium cocktail, and relax in our cozy space.
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$15 admission includes a drink ticket, swag, and 20% off book purchases at The Bindery and Booksmith for the evening.

Space is limited, and tickets do sell out, so we encourage you to buy early. Bar opens at 6:30, the fun starts at 7.

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City Lights presents philosopher Jonathon Keats in conversation with Michael Wall about Wall's "Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)." The book is written in a question-and-answer format using humor and pop culture to make difficult ideas more palatable, which both does and doesn't mirror […]

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Kiese Laymon visits Marcus Books Oakland to read from his remarkable new book "Heavy: An American Memoir," a layered and time-bending coming-of-age account of growing up in Jackson, Mississippi. Joining him is local poet and educator Tongo Eisen-Martin ("Heaven Is All Goodbyes"), whose dynamic recitations match the sustained emotional intensity of Laymon's prose.

D. A. Powell ("Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys") presents students of his USF Graduate Program in Writing course "San Francisco Poetics" reading new works. The students will share the stage with the poet and founding diretor of the program Aaron Shurin ("Citizen"), who reads and discusses his own work and how it relates […]

The 5th annual Howard Zinn Book Fair, themed "Fighting for the Air We Breathe," brings together authors, activists and critical thinkers for a day of readings, discussions and workshops that explore the value of dissident histories in building a better future. Volunteer-organized, the festival features a wide-ranging book fair and programming on everything from climate […]

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